Port Reading, New Jersey - Basic Facts

The Port Reading Census Designated Place
had
a population of 3,745 as of July 1, 2016.
Port Reading ranks in
the upper quartile for Diversity Index
when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in New Jersey. See peer rankings below.

The primary coordinate point for Port Reading is located at latitude 40.5616 and longitude -74.244 in Middlesex County.
The formal boundaries for the Port Reading Census Designated Place (see map below) encompass a land area of 2.24 sq. miles and a water area of 0.65 sq. miles.
Middlesex County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). The elevation is 30 feet.

The Port Reading Census Designated Place (GNIS ID: 2389698) has a U1 Census Class Code which indicates a census designated place with an official federally recognized name. It also has a Functional Status Code of "S" which identifies a statistical entity.

Beneath the boundary map are tables with Port Reading population, income and housing data, five-year growth projections and peer comparisons for key demographic data. The estimates are for July 1, 2016.

Neighborhood Data

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INCOME

GROWTH RATES

2010-2015

2015-2020

Population

0.07%

0.31%

Households

-0.04%

0.2%

Families

-0.24%

0.2%

Median Household Income

0.87%

Per Capita Income

1.06%

1) Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
2) The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.

Port Reading, NJ - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares Port Reading to the other 545 incorporated cities, towns and CDPs in New Jersey by rank and percentile using July 1, 2016 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.